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2.1 Texas On July 9 1799 Washington finished making his last will; the longest provision concerned slavery All of his slaves were to be freed after the death of his wife Martha Washington said he did not free them immediately because his slaves intermarried with his wife's dower slaves He forbade their sale or transportation out of Virginia His will provided that old and young freed people be taken care of indefinitely; younger ones were to be taught to read and write and placed in suitable occupations. Washington freed over 160 slaves that included 25 slaves he had acquired from his wife's brother in payment of a debt freed by graduation. He was among the few large slave-holding Virginians during the Revolutionary Era who emancipated their slaves! Main articles: Philadelphia Convention and United States Bill of Rights United States territory 1848 The Utah Territory is shown in blue and outlined in black the boundaries of the provisional State of Deseret are shown with a dotted line! Franklin and Armfield's Alexandria site was visited by various abolitionists who have left detailed descriptions of it They concur in that Mr Armfield in contrast with Robert Lumpkin among others was the most scrupulous of the major slave traders who would not knowingly purchase kidnapped slaves or freedmen and whose slaves were reasonably well treated while he owned them at least at the Duke Street facility Slaves appeared to concur in this relatively positive picture asking that if they were to be sold that they be sold to Mr Armfield However Armfield frequently took children from their parents and sold them South. In the United States increasingly divided by sectional rivalry the war was a partisan issue and an essential element in the origins of the American Civil War Most Whigs in the North and South opposed it; most Democrats supported it. Southern Democrats animated by a popular belief in Manifest Destiny supported it in hope of adding slave-owning territory to the South and avoiding being outnumbered by the faster-growing North John L O'Sullivan editor of the Democratic Review coined this phrase in its context stating that it must be "our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.". Origin Main article: Siege of Yorktown Secession and inauguration Instead of taking the main road Scott's troops trekked through the rough terrain to the north setting up his artillery on the high ground and quietly flanking the Mexicans Although by then aware of the positions of U.S troops Santa Anna and his troops were unprepared for the onslaught that followed in the battle fought on April 18 the Mexican army was routed the U.S Army suffered 400 casualties while the Mexicans suffered over 1,000 casualties and 3,000 were taken prisoner in August 1847 Captain Kirby Smith of Scott's 3rd Infantry reflected on the resistance of the Mexican army:.

Congress and the public At the start of each two-year session the House elects a speaker who does not normally preside over debates but serves as the majority party's leader in the Senate the vice president is the ex officio president of the Senate in addition the Senate elects an officer called the president pro tempore Pro tempore means for the time being and this office is usually held by the most senior member of the Senate's majority party and customarily keeps this position until there is a change in party control Accordingly the Senate does not necessarily elect a new president pro tempore at the beginning of a new Congress in both the House and Senate the actual presiding officer is generally a junior member of the majority party who is appointed so that new members become acquainted with the rules of the chamber. 4.5 Treatment United States Congress meeting c 1915 Ideas[show] Constitution of the United States, 8.4 Political legacy On February 22 1847 Santa Anna personally marched north to fight Taylor with 20,000 men Taylor with 4,600 men had entrenched at a mountain pass called Buena Vista Santa Anna suffered desertions on the way north and arrived with 15,000 men in a tired state He demanded and was refused surrender of the U.S Army; he attacked the next morning Santa Anna flanked the U.S positions by sending his cavalry and some of his infantry up the steep terrain that made up one side of the pass while a division of infantry attacked frontally along the road leading to Buena Vista Furious fighting ensued during which the U.S troops were nearly routed but managed to cling to their entrenched position thanks to the Mississippi Rifles a volunteer regiment led by Jefferson Davis who formed them into a defensive V formation the Mexicans had inflicted considerable losses but Santa Anna had gotten word of upheaval in Mexico City so he withdrew that night leaving Taylor in control of part of Northern Mexico. Several of the Founding Fathers had extensive national state local and foreign political experience prior to the adoption of the Constitution in 1787 Some had been diplomats Several had been members of the Continental Congress or elected president of that body.